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Why is a holding's cost basis or gain missing?

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If a holding's cost basis or gain shows $0 in CounselPro, the statement usually didn't print one. A $0 there means "not reported," not a position worth nothing.


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Not every brokerage statement prints a cost basis for every position. When a statement leaves it off, CounselPro has nothing to show, so the Holdings view fills that .

CounselPro Holdings tab with a position's Cost basis cell ringed at $0.00, its gain figured from the full market value at 0.0 percent because no basis was printed.
A $0.00 cost basis means the statement did not report one. The gain then reads the full market value, so treat it as a flag, not a real number.

What does a $0 cost basis mean?

It means the statement did not report a cost basis for that position, not that the position cost nothing. This matters because it changes how you read the gain or loss:

  • Gain or loss is market value minus cost basis. If the cost basis is $0, the gain is figured as the full market value, which overstates the real gain.

  • The percent is held at 0% when there is no cost basis to compare against, so you will see a dollar figure with a 0.0% next to it.

So treat a $0 cost basis as a flag to go check the source, not as a real number to rely on.

Note

A $0 in a money column means "not reported on the statement." A genuinely blank field, like a missing page number, shows a dash instead. The two look different on purpose.

How do I confirm what the statement really said?

Open the row's Document and Page link to see the original statement page. See how to verify a holding against the source. If the statement did print a basis that is not showing, that is a reading issue worth reporting to support. If the statement itself omitted it, you may need the basis from another document, like a trade confirmation or a prior statement.

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